Catholic mass scheduled with Archbishop Vigneron to 'pray for peace in Syria.'

12:58 PM,
Sep. 5, 2013

Archbishop Allen Vigneron of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.

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Archdiocese of Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron is urging Detroit-area Catholics to join him in a "prayer for peace in Syria" during a special 4:15 p.m. mass Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, near Eastern Market in Detroit.

"We join with Christians and people of good will around the world in ardent prayer for peace in Syria," Vigneron said in a statement issued Thursday. "The Syrian people have suffered terrible violence, loss and displacement."

"We ask for God's healing and protection for them, and to strengthen all those who are bringing humanitarian aid to them in this time of such ...